Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM
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House Finch, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, February 21, 2011
Hollywood finches
The House Finch was originally a bird of the western United States and Mexico. In 1940 a small number of finches were turned loose on Long Island, New York, after failed attempts to sell them as cage birds (“Hollywood finches”).
Source: House Finch, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Night camp
Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM
- This is a basic, small Mom & Pop RV Park with full hookups.
- Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here with a strong signal.
- Locate Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park on my Night Camps map
- Click for Google street view
- Check the weather in San Antonio NM
The Speed of Darkness
Many scientists revere and study the speed of light, but what is the speed of darkness? What is the speed of the unseen? Darkness is already everywhere at once, and light is but a momentary interruption.
Caught in Fading Light: Mountain Lions, Zen Masters, and Wild Nature, Gary Thorp